Recorded in the Irish Traditional Music Archive, 13 January 2016

The ewe with the crooked horn, highland / Rónán Galvin, fiddle

Recorded in The Trinity Inn, Dublin 19 May 1995

An bonnán buí / John Sheáin Dharach Seoige, singing in Irish

Job of journey work, set dance / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Eileen O'Shea, piano
New York : Decca, 1935
CID: 232144

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Job of journey work, set dance / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Master Crowley's reels / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Eileen O'Shea, piano
New York : Decca, 1935
CID: 232141

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Master Crowley's reels / Michael Coleman, fiddle

The banks hornpipe / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Eileen O'Shea, piano
New York : Decca, 1935
CID: 232140

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

The banks, barn dance / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Royal stack of barley, hornpipe / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; J P Dolan, fiddle ; Unidentified, piano
New York: Regal, 1928
CID:231260

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Royal stack of barley, hornpipe / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; J P Dolan, fiddle

Duke of Leinster, reel ; Duke of Leinster's Wife, reel  / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; J P Dolan, fiddle ; Unidentified, piano
New York: Regal, 1928
CID:231259

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Duke of Leinster, reel ; Duke of Leinster's Wife, reel / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; J P Dolan, fiddle

Mrs Kenny's barn dance / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Herbert G Henry, piano
New York: Columbia, 1929
CID:230643

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Mrs Kenny's barn dance / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Dr Gilbert's, reel ; Queen of May, reel / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Herbert G Henry, piano
New York: Columbia, 1929
CID:230642

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Dr Gilbert's, reel ; Queen of May, reel / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Liverpool hornpipe ; O'Neill's favourite, hornpipe / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Ed Gagan, piano
New York: Columia, 1927
CID: 230552

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Liverpool hornpipe ; O'Neill's favourite, hornpipe / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Green fields of America, reel ; Swallow's tail, reel  / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Ed Gagan, piano
New York: Columbia, 1927
CID: 230551

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Green fields of America, reel ; Swallow's tail, reel  / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Old grey goose, jig  / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Ed Geoghan, piano
New York: Columbia, 1928
CID: 230545

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Old grey goose, jig  / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Humours of Ballyconnell, reel ; Captain Rock, reel  / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; T Morrison, flute ; Unidentified, piano
New York: Columia, 1925
CID: 230448

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Humours of Ballyconnell, reel  ; Captain Rock, reel  / Michael Coleman, fiddle

The kid on the mountain, slip jig / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Kathleen Brennan, piano
New York: Decca, 1936
CID: 230007


Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

The kid on the mountain, slip jig / Michael Coleman, fiddle

Lucy Campbell, reel / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Eileen O'Shea, piano 
New York: Decca, 1935
CID: 23004

Michael Coleman (1891 – 1945), was a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style and his 78 rpm recordings had a huge influence on Irish traditional music.

Lucy Campbell, reel / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Eileen O'Shea, piano

Hills of Knock-Na-Shee, song / John Griffin, singing in English ; unidentified piano
New York : Columbia, 1931
CID: 230703

Hills of Knock-Na-Shee, song / John Griffin, singing in English

Lassie From Donegal, song / Frank Quinn, singing in English ; unidentified, piano
New York : Columbia, 1929
CID: 230662

Lassie From Donegal, song / Frank Quinn, singing in English

Sligo (just to hear my mother sing), song / James Egan, singing in English ; unidentified orchestra
New York : Columbia, 1929
CID: 230634

Sligo (just to hear my mother sing), song / James Egan, singing in English

The sidewalks of New York, song / Flanagan Brothers, singing in English
New York : Columbia, 1928
CID:230540

The sidewalks of New York, song / Flanagan Brothers, singing in English

Bantry Bay, hornpipe / Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band, instrumental group
New York : Columbia, 1928
CID:230502

Bantry Bay, hornpipe / Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band, instrumental group

The Enniskillen [Enneskillen] dragoon, song / Frank Quinn, singing in English ; unidentified, piano
New York : Decca, n.d.
CID:230023

The Enniskillen dragoon, song / Frank Quinn, singing in English

The exile of Cork, song / Tim Donovan, singing in English ; unidentified, violin ; unidentified, clarinet ; unidentified, piano ; unidentified, accordion
New York : Decca, 1938
CID:230020

The exile of Cork, song / Tim Donovan, singing in English

Back to Donegal, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English ; with unidentified orchestra
New York : Decca, 1937
CID:230014

Back to Donegal, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English

I'm sighing tonight for Killarney and you, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English ; with unidentified orchestra
New York : Decca, 1937
CID:230013

I'm sighing tonight for Killarney and you, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English

The battle of Clontarf, march / The Fingal Trio [Mac Aonghusa [Ennis], uilleann pipes ; John Cawley, flute ; Frank O'Higgins, fiddle]
London : Regal, [n.d.]
CID: 231177

The battle of Clontarf, march / The Fingal Trio, instrumental group

Newport lass, jig ; Leitrim jig / Lough Gill Quartet, instrumental group
Ireland : His Master's Voice = HMV, 1941
CID: 231188

Newport lass, jig ; Leitrim jig / Lough Gill Quartet, instrumental group

Rakes of Kildare, jig ; Devlin's favourite, jig / John J Kimmel, accordion ; Joe Linder, piano
New York : Columbia, [n.d.]
CID: 230737

Rakes of Kildare, jig ; Devlin's favourite, jig / John J. Kimmel, accordion

Wexford Carol, air / Adrian Gebruers, carillon

The Voice Squad are Phil Callery, Fran McPhail and Gerry Cullen.  The photograph is copyright Colm Keating, used with permission.  For more information see http://www.itma.ie/goilin/singer/voice_squad

The parting glass, song / The voice squad, singing in English

The fifth episode in the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) series Drawing from the Well.

In our first ITMA podcast Brían Mac Gloinn explores in word and song his ancestral relationship with the songs & singers of Arranmore Island, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Podcast premieres 8 pm (Irish time) Wed, 23 Dec 2020.

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